Heart Awareness Month – Fun Facts

WINDSOR MANOR
January 26, 2012 5:49 pm

  * Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day. * Your heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood each day! * The heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood during an average lifetime! * Women’s hearts beat faster than Men’s.

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Team Leader Spotlight: Caleb Klima

ANGELA SARRELS
January 26, 2012 5:41 pm

  Name: Caleb Klima Hometown: Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin   Caleb Klima is serving as a Team Leader for Class 18 at the Vinton campus.

Pettengill hosts Community College Student

JOSIE ALBRECHT
January 26, 2012 5:38 pm

  Tony Jones, a student at Kirkwood Community College, visited the Capitol this week and met with Rep. Dawn Pettengill (R-Mount Auburn). Also pictured is Rep.

IFAA Offers Iowa Youth $97,000 in Scholarships

VINTON TODAY
January 25, 2012 2:28 pm

  IFAA Offers Iowa Youth $97,000 in Scholarships College-bound Iowa youth active in 4-H and/or FFA livestock projects and current undergraduate students may apply for $97,000 in scholarships available from the Iowa Foundation for Agricultural Advancement (IFAA).

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Team Leader Spotlight: Ellen King

ANGELA SARRELS
January 25, 2012 2:28 pm

  Name: Ellen King Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan   Ellen King is serving as a Class 18 Team Leader at the Vinton campus and will lead a team of 10-12 Corps Members over a 10-month period.

New Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) Policy Enacted

USDA
January 25, 2012 1:05 pm

  John R. Whitaker, State Executive Director for the Iowa Farm Service Agency announced that there is a new Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) policy for 2012.

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Team Leader Spotlight: Katie Kabot

ANGELA SARRELS
January 24, 2012 10:26 am

  Name: Katie Kabot Hometown: Stamford, Connecticut   Katie Kabot is serving as a Class 18 Team Leader at the Vinton campus and will lead a team of 10-12 Corps Members over a 10-month period.

Nathan Horst named to Creighton Dean's List

VINTON TODAY
January 23, 2012 10:47 pm

  Nathan Horst of Blairstown, a sophomore College of Arts and Sciences student at Creighton University was named to the fall Dean's List for the 2011-2012 academic year.

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Team Leader Spotlight: Megan Hill

ANGELA SARRELS
January 23, 2012 5:10 pm

  Name: Megan Hill Hometown: Havre de Grace, Maryland   Megan Hill is serving a second year with NCCC at the campus in Vinton, Iowa.

Alliant Energy reminds customers: Keep snow and ice off meters and vents

ALLIANT ENERGY
January 20, 2012 11:50 am

    Heavy snow and ice can affect natural gas meters and cause safety concerns   With the forecasted large snowfall and drifting snow over the next few days, Alliant Energy reminds customers not to forget about clearing snow and ice from their gas meter as well as their furnace vents and other vents around their home.